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Who IS the biggest broadcaster in the UK
mersey70
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The BBC, time and time again, keep saying that BSkyB is the biggest broadcaster in the UK (Peston was just at it again not 2 minutes ago) yet on their own website they claim to be the biggest broadcaster in the world.
I'm confused, I assume they must mean by income. I can see that the beeb are bigger worldwide but cannot see other than on income that Sky is bigger than the BBC in the UK. They really seem to be making a huge point of it.
I'm confused, I assume they must mean by income. I can see that the beeb are bigger worldwide but cannot see other than on income that Sky is bigger than the BBC in the UK. They really seem to be making a huge point of it.
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Number of channels?
Number of hours of broadcasting?
If the BBC were bigger then theyd have more sporting rights, as it is Sky have virtually all the sporting rights they are allowed to bid for.
And they get the majority of new movies as well to be broadcast first, at least a year before they are broadcast on free to air TV.
Ian.
In terms of barrier to entry anyone else wanting to start a satellite broadcasting system in the UK would have a huge job. They'd have to start from scratch selling boxes/dishes and get people to buy them. For that they'd need channels with content that people would want to pay for, but it would take years before enough people had boxes to enable those channels to make a profit. It took Sky years to reach that point, and they had to buy their only competition to do so.
That platform, and the base that provides to expand into interactive services, home shopping, broadband, PPV, etc is something the BBC just don't have.
The BBC have, by choice, made Freeview an open platform without a subscription or encoding function. The BBC have sought to ensure it remains FTA.
He dosen't, merely they are the biggest broadcaster.
But I agree i'm sure that's what he means.
Not only the biggest in the UK, but they also claim to be the largest broadcaster in the world!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/purpose/what.shtml
Sky by revenue.
"The BBC is the largest broadcasting organisation in the world. Its mission is to enrich people's lives with programmes that inform, educate and entertain.
It is a public service broadcaster, established by a Royal Charter and funded by the licence fee that is paid by UK households.
The BBC uses the income from the licence fee to provide services including 8 national TV channels plus regional programming, 10 national radio stations, 40 local radio stations and an extensive website.
BBC World Service broadcasts to the world on radio, on TV and online, providing news and information in 32 languages. It is funded by a government grant, not from the licence fee".
It is simple to be the largest broadcaster in the world, in terms of countries served, languages broadcast in, range of areas such as TV, radio, web etc but at the same time be the second biggest broadcaster in the UK.
Sky is much bigger financially, and controls the platform/encryption/subscription/EPG etc but chooses to make a far narrower range of output and far less original drama, comedy etc. It is obvious that Sky can outbid the BBC for any event or rights it wants, subject to regulations.
If the BSkyB takeover goes ahead then the News Corp worldwide TV operation, Fox in the US, Star TV with 300 million viewers in Asia etc will be huge.
From Wikipedia:
Broadcast
Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox), a US broadcast television network
My Network TV, a US broadcast television network
Fox Television Stations Group, a group of owned and operated Fox television stations
Saeta TV Channel 10, channel of Uruguay
ITV plc (7.5%), a British broadcast television network and the UK's largest advertising revenue based broadcaster
News Corp Europe
bTV, a broadcast television network in Bulgaria. They sold this to CME in February 2010.
B1 TV (12,5%), a broadcast television network in Romania, in partnership with Ismar International NVkkkk
Fox Televizija, a broadcast television network in Serbia (49%). They sold this to Antenna Group in January 2010
Fox Turkey, a Turkish terrestrial channel (56,5%) (formerly TGRT)
Imedi Media Holding (100%), a Georgian radio and TV broadcaster.
Imedi Television
Radio Imedi
Israel 10 (9%), a terrestrial channel in Israel.
LNT (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia
TV5 Riga (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia
Cielo (100%), a free channel in Italy
ANTV (20%), a private television station in Indonesia, under the administration and label of STAR TV
Prime Television New Zealand – commercial TV station, interest held through stake in SKY Network Television
Satellite television
British Sky Broadcasting, United Kingdom & Ireland (39.1% holding). In practice, a controlling interest.
SKY Network TV, New Zealand (44%)
SKY Italy, Italian satellite TV service
SKY México, Latin American satellite TV service
SKY Brasil, Brazilian satellite TV servive
SKY Germany (49.90%), Germany's largest pay TV provider
SKY Tata (20%), an Indian DTH HDTV service (in partnership with Tata Group)
Foxtel (25%), Australia, a joint venture with Telstra (50%) and Consolidated Media Holdings (25%)
FOX Italy, Italian Broadcast and Production Company (with 2 HDTV)
STAR TV, an Asian satellite TV service having 300 million viewers in 53 countries (it acquired STAR Vijay and Asianet, (two prominent south Indian networks)
Phoenix Television (17.6%), satellite TV network with landing rights in Hong Kong, and select provinces on Mainland China.
Cable
Cable TV channels owned (in whole or part) and operated by News Corporation include:
Fox Business Network, a business news channel.
Fox Classics, a channel airing classic TV shows & movies
Fox Movie Channel, an all-movie channel that airs commercial-free movies from 20th Century Fox's film library
Fox News Channel, a 24-hour news & opinion channel
Fox Sports Net, a chain of US regional cable news television networks broadcasting local sporting events linked together by national sports news programming. Local channels include "Fox Sports Southwest", "Fox Sports Detroit", etc. (some affiliates are owned by Cablevision).
SportSouth, a regional sports network in the United States, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia, and affiliate of Fox Sports Net.
Sun Sports a regional sports network in the United States, with its headquarters in Miami, Florida, and affiliate of Fox Sports Net.
Fox College Sports, a college sports network consisting of three regionally aligned channels, mostly with archived Fox Sports Net programs but also some live and original content.
Fox Sports International
Fox Soccer Channel, a United States digital cable and satellite network specializing mainly in soccer.
Fox Soccer Plus, a sister network to FSC, but including coverage of other sports, most notably rugby union. Launched in 2010 after News Corporation picked up many of the broadcast rights abandoned by Setanta Sports when it stopped broadcasting in the U.S.
Fox Sports Middle East – English language sports network airing in Middle East countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE & Yemen.
Fox Pan American Sports (37.9%) – joint venture with Hicks, Muse, and Tate & Furst.
Fox Sports en Español (50%), a Spanish-language North American cable sports network; its sports lineup is tailored to appeal to a Latin American audience.
Fox Sports en Latinoamérica, a Mexico-based Latin American satellite and cable sports network.
FX Networks, a cable network broadcasting reruns of programming previously shown on other channels, but recently creating its own programming, including the Emmy Award-winning programs The Shield and Damages.
Speed Channel
FUEL TV
Big Ten Network, cable and satellite channel dedicated to The Big Ten Conference, launched Aug 2007 (49%)
National Geographic Channel (joint venture with National Geographic Magazine) 67%
National Geographic Channel International 75%
National Geographic Wild (joint venture with National Geographic Magazine)
Fox International Channels, domestic cable channels offering different formats of Fox programming in over thirty countries worldwide.
Fox
Fox Life
Fox Life HD
Fox Crime
FX
Fox Horror
Fox Movies
Fox Sports
Speed Channel
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel HD
National Geographic Wild
National Geographic Adventure
National Geographic Music
National Geographic Junior
Cult
Next:HD
Voyage
Real Estate TV
BabyTV
Fox Toma 1 – Spanish language television production.
Fox Telecolombia – Spanish language television production. (51%)
Utarget.Fox – European and Latin American online ad company, plus now handles TV ad sales.
Middle & South America
Fox Latin American Channels – channels available in over 17 countries in Latin America
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel HD
National Geographic Wild
Nat Geo Music
Universal Channel
Universal HD
Fox Channel
Fox HD
FX
Fox Life
Syfy
Fox Sports
Speed Channel
Baby TV
Utilisima
Fox One-Stop Media – advertising sales for company owned and third party channels in Latin America
LAPTV (60%) (Latin American Pay Television) operates 8 cable movie channels throughout South America excluding Brazil.
Telecine(12.5%) operates 5 cable movie channels in Brazil.
Australia
Premier Media Group (50%)
Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 2
Fox Sports 3
SPEED
FoxSportsNews
Fuel TV Australia
Premium Movie Partnership (20%) – movie channels, a joint venture between 20th Century Fox, Sony, NBC Universal, Viacom and Liberty Media
PLATFORMS
India
Hathway Cable & Datacom (22.2%), India's 2nd largest cable network through 7 cities including Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai & Pune
Taiwan
Total TV (20%), Pay TV platform with JV partner KOO's Group majority owner (80%). News Corp also has a 20% interest
plus Fox film studios of course.
The BBC keep saying that BSkyB are the biggest broadcaster in the UK but I think we agree they are but only based on income.